Log4j2 and Clojure quick setup
As we all know, java logging is a mess and I believe most developers are wondering how the output to terminal or file can be rocket science?
Those who want to save some sanity and keep things simple, I'm sure are already are using Timbre.
But, my use case was different - the application had to log as much as possible, but that had to be fast as possible and provide plenty of configurable options for the end-user, without touching source code.
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Handle Chromium & Firefox sessions with org-mode
I was big fan of Session Manager, small addon for Chrome and Chromium that will save all open tabs, assign the name to session and, when is needed, restore it.
Very useful, especially if you are like me, switching between multiple "mind sessions" during the day - research, development or maybe news reading. Or simply, you'd like to remember workflow (and tabs) you had few days ago.
After I decided to ditch all extensions from Chromium except uBlock Origin, it was time to look for alternative. My main goal was it to be browser agnostic and session links had to be stored in text file, so I can enjoy all the goodies of plain text file. What would be better for that than good old org-mode ;)
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ido-mode with eshell, shell, sql and more...
ido-mode doesn't provide completion for eshell, shell or sql-mode out of the box, and I wasn't been able to find any package with this option that is lightweight enough (Helm, I'm looking at you). So, after few attempts, here is the code for that:
(defun ido-eshell-comint-history ()
"eshell & comint history with ido."
(interactive)
(if (or (member major-mode '(eshell-mode sql-interactive-mode))
(derived-mode-p 'comint-mode))
(let ((ring (if (eq major-mode 'eshell-mode)
eshell-history-ring
comint-input-ring)))
(insert
(ido-completing-read "History: "
(delete-dups
(ring-elements ring)))))
(message "Unsupported mode")))
After evaluating the code, in eshell simply execute
M-x ido-eshell-comint-history and magic will happen - you will get full
eshell history managed by ido-mode. To make it more authentic, map it
to C-c C-l, which is default sequence for completion in eshell.